"Once again, we are mourning the loss of one of our own. Firefighter Sean DeMuynck died July 4 from injuries sustained while fighting a fire. "I sent an email to my firefighters tonight that it was really time for us to pick up that torch and carry that legacy and service on."īelmont Hills is under the umbrella of Lower Merion Fire Department, which lost another member in July. He took a lot of pride in that," said Chief Hornung. Not that Tom loved funerals, but Tom loved to know that at a funeral, the flag was hanging the way it should be and that it was done well. "Today during the processions that we had, there were several locations, and quite a number of locations, where they had the ladder arches up with the American flag hanging. His grandfather was one of the founding members of Belmont Hills Fire Company.Ĭhief James Hornung with the Union Fire Association called the death of his fellow firefighter a "tragedy" but vowed to carry on his legacy. Royds also volunteered at Clifton Heights and was a paid firefighter at Union Fire Association. "You don't want to see anybody get killed in the line of duty or anything like that," said retired volunteer firefighter Bill Stebbins. Sometime after first responders arrived at the scene, authorities say Walker drove her Jeep Grand Cherokee up on the right shoulder of the highway and crashed into Royds, two other firefighters and a state police trooper before colliding with a vehicle involved in the initial crash.įellow firefighters and others in the community paid their respects as Royds' body was transported from the hospital to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office. SEE ALSO: What is Pennsylvania's Move Over Law?
in the westbound lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway near Waverly Road. Police say a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and fire crews from Belmont Hills Fire Company and Gladwyne Fire Company responded to a DUI crash around 3:15 a.m. Jacquelyn Walker, 63, of Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, is facing vehicular homicide charges in connection with a crash that killed firefighter Thomas Royds on Interstate 76 in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. LOWER MERION TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) - Authorities say a South Jersey woman admitted to drinking mixed alcoholic beverages and driving around before a crash that killed a firefighter and injured several other first responders early Saturday morning, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Action News.
Authorities say a South Jersey woman admitted to drinking mixed alcoholic beverages before a crash that killed a Montgomery County firefighter, according to an arrest affidavit.
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